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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Grants

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Grant at six addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 123 other streets too, all listed on the Grant name's own page.

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Where the Grants lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    795 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mary A Grant, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Potter at 785. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1254 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A H Grant 1940
    • K Lois Grant, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G MacKenzie at 1252 and Mrs M E Martin at 1264. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1395 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs J M Grant, widow of J J 1940
    • Helen C Grant 1940

    Next door in 1940: florence (the) at 1375. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2035 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Jessie E Grant, widow of G S 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Harvey at 2025 and Mrs E M Innes at 2045. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3565 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W B Grant, a shipper at Regal Films 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Leask at 3555 and Miss F J Prior at 3573. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4550 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • P Grant, an installation superintendent at the Canadian (BC) Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Vance at 4548 and J M'Court at 4556. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: an installation superintendent, a nurse and a shipper. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary A Grant at 795 West 14th Avenue, widow of J. A H Grant is listed at 1254 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists K Lois Grant there, a nurse.

Mrs J M Grant is listed at 1395 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jessie M Grant there as the householder, widow of J J, with Helen C Grant. The 1940 name section lists Jessie E Grant at 2035 West 14th Avenue, widow of G S.

In 1940 the directory lists W B Grant at 3565 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William B Grant there as the householder, a shipper at Regal Films. In 1940 the directory lists P Grant at 4550 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Peter Grant there as the householder, an installation superintendent at the Canadian (BC) Telephone.

Today

1395 West 14th, 2035 West 14th and 4550 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1395 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3565 West 14th (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 795 West 14th and 1254 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under G. Want a name removed? Tell us.